Hey gang, sorry that I haven't been around for a spell - taking care of med business.
Here's my question:
I'm tasked with configuring the ESXi Dump Collector to store the coredump in a specific folder on a centralized server. However, the Dump Collector doesn't show up as a plug-in on vCenter. It also isn't being found at its designated install area: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware ESXi Dump Collector\. This is already getting into some wild first steps; like finding the vCenter install media and mounting it again so that the dump collector can be installed. I have 28 vCenters under my care from one end of the country to the other. Four (4) of those vCenters are VCSAs; which has a totally different process for configuring where the coredump drops. I really don't wish to go in and out of 24 Windows-based vCenter Servers and perform all of this. However, things would look better if I could find a way to check all 24 by using a script.
Can someone help me with writing a script to check into all these vCenters and search for "C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware ESXi Dump Collector\" and a provide a true/false response on an Export-CSV file? It's been a long day and I know my brain is on its way to the check-out counter in about 5 hours. Someone's brain must be working way better than mind. It seems simple, but I can't figure it out at the moment. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance,
Miguel
